[HN Gopher] Xiaomi bets big on its new electric vehicle - target...
       ___________________________________________________________________
        
       Xiaomi bets big on its new electric vehicle - targets 20M premium
       users
        
       Author : jitl
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2024-02-27 19:19 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.cnbc.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.cnbc.com)
        
       | dmix wrote:
       | Is he saying they have 20M premium _phone_ subscribers and they
       | want these same amount of users to pay premium rates for their
       | car? Or the 20M number indicates that there 's a large group of
       | users willing to pay premium? They seem to be meshing two numbers
       | together.
        
         | consumer451 wrote:
         | CNBC is a terrible source of information.
         | 
         | https://archives.cjr.org/feature/waiting_for_cnbc_1.php
        
         | brianbreslin wrote:
         | I read it as 20M premium phone customers who it thinks will be
         | amongst its first customers for this premium car price TBD. To
         | me its a big logical leap to think someone who paid $750 for a
         | phone will suddenly be willing to spend $75k on your car.
        
       | costanzaDynasty wrote:
       | Once everyone has an electric car and all farts have been
       | smelled, maybe they'll realize they don't need a new car every
       | year or 5.
        
         | bluGill wrote:
         | Do you mean because cars last 12+ years if you take care of
         | them? Or do you mean because we really need great transit since
         | most of what people do with a car can be done on transit (you
         | may still have a truck to tow the boat or whatever but that is
         | a niche)
        
         | mdorazio wrote:
         | They already realized that. New cars are owned for an average
         | of 8 years before selling them [1] and that number has been
         | increasing with the rise of new car prices. It's one of the
         | reasons the US peaked on new car sales in 2017 and might not
         | get there again this decade.
         | 
         | [1] https://www.iseecars.com/how-long-people-keep-cars-study
        
         | manquer wrote:
         | Planned obsolescence that is how, we didn't get today this
         | without some conscious evil supervillain planning - from the
         | time how long light bulbs lasted to apple reducing battery
         | performance via software .
         | 
         | What is stopping car companies to do something similar to car
         | batteries for safety or performance reasons?
         | 
         | It is far easier for a manufacturer to control a car and its
         | lifetime with EV and modern ECU stack .
         | 
         | They do not need to allow anyone else to access either . Even
         | the RTR movement is more cautious in asking to be able modify
         | road cars on the road, it is one thing to be able to repair
         | your own tractor , it is another thing when the safety of
         | others on the road .
         | 
         | Automakers can get away with lot of things by citing safety .
        
       | Rodeoclash wrote:
       | After using a Xiaomi phone, I wouldn't touch a Xioami car with a
       | ten foot pole.
        
         | hyuuu wrote:
         | why
        
       ___________________________________________________________________
       (page generated 2024-02-27 23:01 UTC)